All 17 lift-served alpine areas in Minnesota, each measured from its own lifts. The biggest is Lutsen Mountains at 768 feet of vertical.
| Resort | Base ft | Summit ft | Vertical ft | Lifts | Lift km | Footprint ac | NDJFM mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutsen Mountains | 907 | 1,675 | 768 | 5 | 5.3 | 784 | 200 |
| Spirit Mountain | 717 | 1,278 | 561 | 5 | 2.9 | 105 | 169 |
| Giants Ridge Resort | 1,417 | 1,845 | 428 | 5 | 3.2 | 110 | 137 |
| Coffee Mill Ski & Snowboard Resort | 749 | 1,143 | 394 | 2 | 1.0 | 23 | 178 |
| Afton Alps | 697 | 1,014 | 317 | 17 | 6.0 | 169 | 162 |
| Welch Village | 710 | 1,025 | 315 | 8 | 3.7 | 188 | 163 |
| Wild Mountain | 779 | 1,049 | 270 | 4 | 2.0 | 35 | 146 |
| Buck Hill | 948 | 1,206 | 258 | 3 | 2.1 | 17 | 167 |
| Mount Kato Ski Area | 785 | 1,012 | 227 | 8 | 2.5 | 55 | 161 |
| Andes Tower Hills | 1,406 | 1,611 | 205 | 4 | 1.1 | 31 | 107 |
| Powder Ridge | 1,169 | 1,373 | 204 | 4 | 1.7 | 20 | 135 |
| Detroit Mountain | 1,442 | 1,624 | 182 | 2 | 0.7 | 12 | 103 |
| Buena Vista Ski Area | 1,363 | 1,536 | 173 | 5 | 0.9 | 21 | 112 |
| Hyland Hills Ski Area | 853 | 1,018 | 165 | 3 | 1.0 | 19 | 165 |
| Mt. Itasca | 1,318 | 1,474 | 156 | 2 | 0.5 | 8 | 139 |
| Mount Ski Gull | 1,267 | 1,417 | 150 | 1 | 1.0 | 232 | 119 |
| Chester Bowl | 1,096 | 1,234 | 138 | 1 | 0.3 | 212 | 175 |
Base and summit are the lowest and highest lift terminal, read off AWS terrain tiles. Footprint acreage is the ground inside the hull of the lift lines — a lower bound on marketed acreage. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal, averaged over the mountain's bands.